Featured News
À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ celebrates the remarkable career of Professor Donna Strickland
April 17, 2025
Donna Strickland, professor in the Physics and Astronomy department and Nobel Prize Laureate, has been named University Professor by the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.
Professor Kostadinka Bizheva named a 2025 Optica Fellow
April 16, 2025
Professor Kostadinka Bizheva has recently been named a 2025 Optica Fellow for her exceptional contributions to optical imaging in ophthalmology.
Local efforts for global impact during the second quantum revolution
April 14, 2025
Science alum Greg Dick, BSc ’93 (Physics), has a passion for pulling back the veil of our universe, to share the wonders of physics with others, and is now co-founder of Open Quantum Design.
Bridging the quantum gap
March 5, 2025
As a world-leading expert in quantum and artificial intelligence, University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Science alum Dr. Roger Melko, BSc ’00 (Physics), MSc ’01 (Physics), and now professor in À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ's Department of Physics, consistently draws inspiration from recent technological revolutions and applies them to his innovative work in quantum science.
Featured Events
WCA-KPL Public Talk - Galaxies, Clusters, and the Biggest Things in the Universe (Roan Haggar)
April 30, 2025
Astrophysics deals with structures of incredible sizes and scales. But what are the biggest things out there, and how big can something actually get? In this month’s KPL astronomy talk, Roan Haggar will speak about galaxy clusters, the largest objects in our Universe that are held together by gravity, discussing what clusters are made from and what we can learn by studying them.
WCA-KPL Public Talk: The hunt for planets and life beyond Earth (Dr. Michael Balogh)
January 29, 2025
Astronomers have discovered thousands of planets orbiting other stars, opening a new chapter in our understanding of the Universe and our place in it. In this month’s KPL astronomy talk, Dr. Michael Balogh will discuss how scientists find and study these distant worlds, and how upcoming technology will help us search for life beyond our solar system.